JPL Workforce Update - NASA
www.nasa.gov
Workforce statement and memo to employees.
  1. I am directing most employees to work from home tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, so everyone can be in a safe, comfortable environment on a stressful day. Most individuals will not be able to enter the Lab during this mandatory remote work day. A Lab access list has been created and those who will have access will be notified by email shortly. If you do not receive an email instructing you to be on Lab, please plan to work remotely, regardless of your telework agreement status. In addition, and to ensure we have everyone’s accurate contact information, I am also asking everyone to please review and update your personal email and phone number in Workday today.

I don't think I've ever seen a company or organization that had mandatory remote work day outside of really crazy weather during the peak of Covid. Perhaps it's to protect the equipment from distraught or disgruntled employees?

  • TimeTravel_0
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    5 months ago

    I kinda like nasa. I know about the whole operation paperclip and developing tech for the military, but space exploration is really cool. They put a couple dudes on the moon! Theres a helicopter on mars! Its a shame neolib policy has gutted them.

    Used to be my dream to be an astronaut as a kid but than i learned they work you to the bone in space, there was even skylab 4 where the crew went on strike in space because the work was too much (looking it up again now it might be an urban legend)

      • TimeTravel_0
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        5 months ago

        you want my bone density?

        come and take it.

        :skeleton-guns-akimbo:

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Lots of cool tech starts out with military applications in mind. Take submarines, for example. Sure they started out as a means of sinking ships and drowned some confederate dipshits but nowadays we can go hang out with giant squids, find ancient ship wrecks, and occasionally implode a billionaire.